This regular meeting of the San Jose Planning Commission, chaired by Carlos Rosario, focused primarily on the General Plan 4-Year Review Policy Framework, required per goal IP-2. The commission considered a series of staff recommendations covering residential capacity, small multifamily housing, urban village strategy, and jobs-to-employed-resident ratio. After extensive public testimony and commissioner deliberation, the commission approved most recommendations, with one notable exception on the Winchester Boulevard corridor. The meeting concluded with the election of new chair and vice chair for fiscal year 2026-27.
Good evening. My name is Carlos Rosario and I'm the chair of the planning commission. Welcome to this planning commission meeting. Please remember to turn off your cell phones. The parking validation machine for the garage underneath City Hall is in located in the back at the top of the stairs. First, we'll start off with a salute to the flag. If you are able to, please stand. I think that's just the flag. And to the Republic for which it stands. Under individual HS for all. Almost got it in the last meeting. Almost. Next we'll move to the roll call. Vice Chair Bickford. Commissioner Barossio. Here. Commissioner Bondal? Here. Commissioner Cantrell. Commissioner Cow. Here. Commissioner Casey. Here. Commissioner Escobar. Here. Commissioner Wynne? Here. Commissioner Olivario? Yes. Commissioner Young. Here. Myself is here. We have a full house. All right. Summary of hearing procedures. If you want to address the commission, please fill out a speaker card located on the table near the audiovisual technician and deposit the completed card in the basket. There are also speaker cards in the back of the chambers and at the side entrance. The procedure for the hearing is as follows. After staff's presentations, applicants or appellants may make up to a five-minute presentation. During the public comment period, the chair will call out names on the submitted speaker cards and the order received. As your name is called, line up in the front of the microphone at the front of the chamber. Generally, each speaker will be given two minutes for public testimony, and speakers using a translator will have up to four minutes. At the discretion of the chair, the time allotted to each speaker may be changed depending on the number of items on the agenda, the number of speakers, and other factors. Speakers using a translator will have double the time allotted. After the public testimony, the applicant or appellant may make closing remarks for up to an additional five minutes. Planning commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. Response to commissioner questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance. The public hearing will then be closed, and the planning commission will take action on the item. The planning commission may request staff to respond to public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss them. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues that you or someone else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to the public hearing.